#975911 is a mid-toned, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #975911 works with other colors. Named schemes with #975911 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Brown as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Brown anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Brown plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Brown sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Brown is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Brown carrying the quiet middle.
How #975911 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #975911 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #975911;
--color-base-rgb: 151 89 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.4% 0.113 62.7);
--color-50: #FEF8F1;
--color-100: #FCECD9;
--color-200: #F7D8B6;
--color-300: #EBBB84;
--color-400: #DB9D57;
--color-500: #C17F34;
--color-600: #93642F;
--color-700: #684A27;
--color-800: #44321D;
--color-900: #291F14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
brown: {
50: '#FEF8F1',
100: '#FCECD9',
200: '#F7D8B6',
300: '#EBBB84',
400: '#DB9D57',
500: '#C17F34',
600: '#93642F',
700: '#684A27',
800: '#44321D',
900: '#291F14',
},
}
$base: #975911; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF8F1; $base-100: #FCECD9; $base-200: #F7D8B6; $base-300: #EBBB84; $base-400: #DB9D57; $base-500: #C17F34; $base-600: #93642F; $base-700: #684A27; $base-800: #44321D; $base-900: #291F14; $base-hover: #79470D; $base-subtle: #EBCEAD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#975911",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCECD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7D8B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EBBB84",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DB9D57",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C17F34",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#93642F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#684A27",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#44321D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291F14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}